Author: Koyami

I'm Koyami. I am a freelance Japanese-English Translator and I enjoy learning new skills and reading in my spare time. Current pursuits include juggling and playing piano. Follow me on Twitter for blog updates, random thoughts, and more!

【한국어】Koreanlab’s Readers

I found a great site for reading practice.

Basically, it is an online graded reader made for students, starting from elementary and continuing through high school, so you can start from the beginning of your studies.

It starts off with just learning how to pronounce the 한글, then it moves on to vocabulary and eventually sentences and short stories. It even starts including Hanja, the Chinese characters used in Korean.

You can check it out here.

If you can’t yet read Korean, click on where it says 초등학교 (elementary school). It should be the second item in the menu at the top of the page. You can just start there and move through the items at your own pace. Then you can move on to 중학교 (middle school)and 고등학교(high school).

 

This is a great resource for anyone using the “pure” tadoku approach.

The Tadoku Contest is Back!

Reading in a foreign language can be an intimidating task for any language learner, regardless of level.  There will always be harder material to read. Extensive reading is a staple of language learning for a lot of people, and it is gaining popularity through the web. And what better way to kick off the new year than with a month of extensive reading?

 

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【日本語】TV For Kanji Geeks

Despite everything I heard in my early stages of learning Japanese, kanji is my favorite part of learning the language.

Recently inspired by someone I look up to as a language learner and translator, I’ve been even more intense about my Kanji studies.

I recommend the following TV shows for picking up some Kanji-related stuff you probably don’t know.

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